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Titre :	Vascularized Fibular Transfer In Longstanding And Infected Large Bone Defects
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Trung-Hau LÊ THUA, Auteur
Année de publication :	2014
Article en page(s) :	p.50-55
Langues :	Français (fre)
Résumé :	The reconstruction of large bone defects in the infectious environment is still a big challenge for limb salvage because of disturbance in bacterial flora, bacterial resistance and limitation of blood supply at scarred tissue. This retrospective study was to evaluate long-term outcomes in patients who were performed vascularized fibular transfers for treatment of large bone defects in the infectious environment. The review included 26 patients with an average age of 27 years old. Bone defects were located at the arm in 1 patient, the forearm in 2 patients, the thigh in 6 patients and the leg in 17 patients. The cause of the bone defects included high-energy trauma in 14 cases, chronic osteomyelitis in 7 cases, infected non-union in 5 cases. All patients had had several previous operative procedures. The average length of fibular vascularized graft was 16.6 cm (range, 10-22 cm), and the average size of the associated fasciocutaneous component in 16 patients was 3.6 × 8.5 cm. Three patients had partial necrosis of skin paddle. Three patients, who were stabilized by screw and external fixator, had an infection at the distal part of the fibular graft and pin tracts. 25 fibular grafts (96%) showed complete bone union. This review has showed that the vascularized fibular transfer can be effective for management of large segmental bone defects in the infectious environment.
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[article] Vascularized Fibular Transfer In Longstanding And Infected Large Bone Defects [texte imprimé] / Trung-Hau LÊ THUA, Auteur . - 2014 . - p.50-55.
Langues : Français (fre)
in Acta Orthopaedica Belgica > Vol 80/1 (Mars 2014) . - p.50-55

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The reconstruction of large bone defects in the infectious environment is still a big challenge for limb salvage because of disturbance in bacterial flora, bacterial resistance and limitation of blood supply at scarred tissue. This retrospective study was to evaluate long-term outcomes in patients who were performed vascularized fibular transfers for treatment of large bone defects in the infectious environment. The review included 26 patients with an average age of 27 years old. Bone defects were located at the arm in 1 patient, the forearm in 2 patients, the thigh in 6 patients and the leg in 17 patients. The cause of the bone defects included high-energy trauma in 14 cases, chronic osteomyelitis in 7 cases, infected non-union in 5 cases. All patients had had several previous operative procedures. The average length of fibular vascularized graft was 16.6 cm (range, 10-22 cm), and the average size of the associated fasciocutaneous component in 16 patients was 3.6 × 8.5 cm. Three patients had partial necrosis of skin paddle. Three patients, who were stabilized by screw and external fixator, had an infection at the distal part of the fibular graft and pin tracts. 25 fibular grafts (96%) showed complete bone union. This review has showed that the vascularized fibular transfer can be effective for management of large segmental bone defects in the infectious environment.

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